Infrastructure — Kuwait
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Kuwait: 7
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Transportation
- Airports - total
7
- Airports with Paved Runways
4
- Heliports
4
- Roadways- total
4,106 Miles 6,608 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud
Communications
- Telephones
553,500
- Cell Phones
2,774,000
- Internet Users
900,000
- Internet Country Code
.kw
- Internet Hosts
2,485
- Broadcast Media
- state-owned TV broadcaster operates 4 networks and a satellite channel
- several private TV broadcasters have emerged since 2003
- satellite TV available with pan-Arab TV stations especially popular
- state-owned Radio Kuwait broadcasts on a number of channels in Arabic and English
- first private radio station emerged in 2005
- transmissions of at least 2 international radio broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- the quality of service is excellent domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a mobile-cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and t
- he country is well supplied with pay telephones international: country code - 965; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
40,210,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
45,830,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
14,220,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
688,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
13,530,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
17,980,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
339,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,395,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,418,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
104,000,000,000